Olalekan Ajayi “School Ties” The movie was about St. Matthews Academy, this is an High School known as a preparatory high school for Ivy league colleges in the United States such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc., but especially Harvard. The academic culture in the movie was based on long history of the school academic honor code, football, prejudice and racism against the Jews, social class, strong alumni base, long history of school ties with ivy league colleges and some common traditions that may not be known to an outsider. The aspect of academic integrity that was present in the culture of this school is cheating and breaking the honor code. St. Matthews Academy is known to be a big football school; however, the school has not been able …show more content…
Matthews Academy in his final year, he had no pre-knowledge of what was going on in the school such as social class, prejudice, racism, etc., and he did not know much about the culture and traditions of the school, to his surprise, David met different sets of people of high social class and racial inclined people in St. Matthews Academy. When David realized all these, he had to struggle with his true identity, race and religion among his classmate and friends. Due to his brilliance in football, the coach made him the new quarter back for the school team that year and they were able to win championships again in a long time. The school headmaster, Alumni, and everyone were happy about this. Not too long, David became very popular in St. Matthews Academy and he attracts a lot of …show more content…
However, David saw Charlie cheating in the exam room, he did not report it. David confronted Charlie on this matter, Charlie offered David some money to keep quiet about the case but David refused. Eventually, Charlie caused confusion among his classmate by telling lie against David that it was David who cheated. Due to pressure and that David does not belong to a high social class, the class voted and agreed that it was David who cheated. David had to report himself to the headmaster and be ready for expulsion. However, unknown to David, Chris (another classmate) also saw Charlie cheated in the exam room, so Chris explained to the whole truth to the headmaster. At this point, Charlie was eventually expelled from St. Matthews
Firstly, he commands her to stop “talking to any … guys” (September 18). David’s fear of Anita’s demeanor instigating the students “[to take] [her] away from him” (September 18) makes his actions justifiable; hence, Anita forgives him. However, the second incident regarding Joyce and Debbie exposes his desire for segregation. Whether his fear of Joyce and Debbie “[introducing] [Anita] to other guys that will break [them] up” (October 8), justifies his demands, his second command for Anita, “to quit the basketball team” (October 8) validates his insecurity. By isolating Anita, David presents himself as her only trustworthy and legitimate “friend.” Worst of all, everyone has regards for David, even Anita’s parents. In fact, “[they] really like David” (October 8). Consequently, Anita cannot quit the relationship without the repercussions that would ensue. Everyone would side with David and blame Anita for his future suicide. David’s positive attributes blind everyone from his abusive and controlling nature; therefore, dismissing him as the problem. The driving force of David’s social manipulation stems from his insecurity of the
The football players in Odessa were generally a wild party crowd. It was typical that late in the fourth quarter, when the game was in the bag, the players would begin talking on the sidelines about what parties they were going to after the game, what girls they were going to try to pick up, and laughing about how drunk they were going to get. They cared nothing for academics. The senior star running back, Boobie Miles, was taking a math course that most students took as freshmen. Many of the senior players' schedules consisted of nothing but electives. For the Oddesa footbal players, school was nothing more than a social get-to-gether, served up to them as a chance to flirt with girls and hand out with their friends. They knew that their performance in class didn't matter; the teacher would provide the needed grade to stay on the team. It wasn't uncommon for players to receive answer keys for a test or simply to be exempt from taking the test at all. Some didn't know how they would cope without football after the season was over. They ate, drank, and slept it. On the whole, these 16 and 17-year-old boys' identity was wrapped up in a pigskin.
Within a community is a sense of unity, which for many is brought together by the young athletes of the community. In his article “High School Sports Have Turned Into Big Business,” Mark Koba of CNBC highlights that within the last thirty to forty years high school football has escalated into a highly revered tradition in which not only communities, but highly successful corporations have begun to dedicate millions of dollars towards (Koba n. pg.). This highlights the status of sports within the community and may explain part of the reason schools would favor sports over other programs. Because sports programs can often turn over big profits for schools, they tend to dedicate most of their excess funds towards sports, and rely on sports programs to create large profits for the school. When school administrators see how much sports unite, excite, and benefit the school, they develop a respect for sports and consider it a necessity to provide a good sports program for their students and community. Also in his article, Koba quotes an interviewee named Mark Conrad who is the associate professor of legal and ethical studies at Fordham University 's school of...
In “Why Colleges Should Ditch Honor Codes” Susan Greenberg is trying to inform the audience as to why society does not require the honor code anymore. The rules that lie behind this regulation are becoming outdated and more students are finding themselves punished for disobeying it. A lot of honor code schools are trying to get rid of this process because it only brings the students more pressure. Typically, students that are in honor code schools tend to cheat more than schools that do not possess it. If a student is enrolled in a more prestigious school, he/she is more tempted to cheat in order to maintain his or her good grades. Greenberg explains a situation that took place in Stanford University that led more than 100 students in academic
The Breakfast Club is a coming-of-age movie. This movie follows five high school students who all have school detention on a Saturday morning. They all come from various types of group. There is the anxious and bizarre girl, Allison; the sporty guy, Andrew; the hard-acting guy, John; the popular girl, Claire; and the nerd, Brian. They all saw each other that way too because they were “brainwashed” into accepting that. Since they are all from different types of groups, they don’t know each other, nor do they want to. At first they think they don’t have anything in common, but as time passes, that proves to be wrong. Since they were the only people in the library, they can’t help but slowly get to know each other. This movie was written and directed by the brilliant John Hughes, who in my opinion is the “King of 80’s movies.” He has directed great 80’s teen movies like 16 Candles, Ferris Beuller’s Day Off, and Pretty in Pink. This movie has mix of genres any individual could possible enjoy: drama, comedy, and even romance. The actors in the movie performed to be tremendous in their roles. The actors in the movie are known as “the brat pack”. The movie is starring: Emilio Estevez, known for popular movies like The Outsiders; Molly Ringwald, who starred in movies like Pretty in Pink and 16 Candles; Anthony Michael Hall, who was in the movie 16 Candles with Molly Ringwald; and Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson, they both starred in St. Elmo’s Fire. There couldn’t be anyone better to portray the characters in the movie than these actors.
However, this may stem from a lack of enforcement of the rules. Even at the most prestigious schools, such as Harvard University, students are not upholding the rules implemented: “The possibility that 125 Harvard students ‘improperly collaborated’ on an exam in the spring has galvanized … discussion about … honor codes” (Source: C). In this case, people may argue that the only party at fault consists of the students. However, the faculty may be partially guilty as well, as their lack of care towards the rules has created a situation that jeopardizes the school’s integrity. Revision may then seem like the least of the school’s priorities, as they must show they seriously consider educational integrity. Likewise, at the University of Virginia, “157 students have been investigated by their peers in the largest cheating scandal in memory” (Source: D). Again, the school and all those who work there hold at least part of the fault for this ignorance because, theoretically, they should preserve and enforce the rules provided. The fact that the scandal exists means that they were not doing their jobs to their fullest. Although revision may seem simpler to carry out, the school’s staff must show an attempt at intervention within the student lives to keep them on a path towards
The entire movie is littered with anxiety. The movie makes you anxious as to what may happen next. This primary example is the scene where Skeeter ask Aibileen to tell her personal stories for the book Skeeter is writing. This rose a very serious anxiety in both women. Skeeter also found other maids to also share their personal stories. This scenario caused extreme anxiety because in that day and time if you were to publish or talk about what the maids have to endure, you could be prosecuted or maybe even killed.
Making the transition from middle school to high school is a huge stepping stone in a teenager’s life. High school represents both the ending of a childhood and the beginning of adulthood. It’s a rite of passage and often many teens have the wrong impression when beginning this passage. Most began high school with learning the last thing on their mind. They come in looking for a story like adventure and have a false sense of reality created through fabricated movie plots acted out by fictional characters. In all actuality high school is nothing like you see in movies, television shows, or what you read about in magazines.
In this film we see many typical high school behaviors such as cliques, cattiness, and popularity (or lack there of) issues. Many scenes in this movie have an array of stereotypes. Sometimes they are clearly stated and others just seen through attitudes of the actors/actresses character. Also through out we follow the main clique “the plastics” and they have this image they have to uphold. Be perfect, skinny, the best at everything, and in sync with everything they do; or they wont uphold their status. I chose this film because I think it shows a lot of what we have learned in this course and how it is in real life. Clearly the film is exaggerated but much of
Both the text Dougy and the movie School Ties has at least one stereotypical comment that a character has said in the text or movie which hurts a main or a sub-character. The stereotypical comments are similar in Dougy and School Ties because the comments are about how Jews or Aboriginal people are such as Aboriginals are fast because in the past they hunted for food. In the movie School Ties the stereotypical comments made David Green so angry that he challenged the person who made fun of him. But the thing is that Dougy doesn’t have as much stereotypical comments as School Ties.
The movie I decided to analyze for this course was American History X (1998), which stars Edward Norton. Though this movie isn’t widely known, it is one of the more interesting movies I have seen. It’s probably one of the best films that depict the Neo Nazi plague on American culture. The film takes place from the mid to late 1990’s during the Internet boom, and touches on subjects from affirmative action to Rodney King. One of the highlights of this movie that really relates to one of the key aspects of this course is the deterrence of capital punishment. Edward Norton’s portrayal as the grief stricken older brother who turns to racist ideologies and violence to cope with his fathers death, completely disregards the consequences of his actions as he brutally murders someone in front of his family for trying to steal his car. The unstable mentality that he developed after his father’s death really goes hand-to-hand specifically with Isaac Ehrlich’s study of capital punishment and deterrence. Although this movie is entirely fictional, a lot of the central themes (racism, crime punishment, gang pervasiveness, and one’s own vulnerability) are accurate representations of the very problems that essentially afflict us as a society.
One of the most popular social networking websites today is none other than Facebook. People use Facebook in order to stay connected with their friends, family and the people around them, to discover what’s going in the world, in addition to share and express what matters to them. The Social Network is a film on how Facebook was created. There was a series of events, character development, relationships and a series of different emotions that are shown throughout the film.
In conclusion, the issue of academic integrity does not only affect an individual, but also an institution. Therefore, it is the duty of students and schools to ensure that ethical principles are upheld all the time. Moreover, institutions of higher learning should deal with all reported cases of academic dishonestly severely to deter others. In addition, a culture of academic integrity should be promoted. For students, it is even more important because it helps them to avoid losing a potential career due to misconduct. Moreover, upholding the values of ethics and integrity provides them with intrinsic
On-one-hand, Professor Austin wants Cindy to be eligible to play in the Championship, so that the team has a better chance of winning. But on-the-other-hand, Professor Austin wants to treat every student the same and Cindy is a student first and an athlete second. Because the ethical dilemma occurred in the academic realm, the role as professor must trump the role as coach. So Professor Austin needs to make his decision based on the best solution for everyone involved academically. The individuals who benefit from Cindy’s cheating would be Cindy, Coach Austin, and Cindy’s teammates as far as having an opportunity to win the Championship game. Those who are burdened by Cindy’s cheating would be her classmates, Carly, other student-athletes, Professor Austin, and the school community. Cindy’s cheating is not fair to her other classmates who actually take the time to do the assignments and study for the tests. Carly is burdened by actually doing the work and having Cindy take credit. Also, other student-athletes are burdened by completing their work while also performing athletically without receiving special
The atmosphere at the school is strange, as Lenley enters Matthew’s dormitory to interview his roommates. There is a senior prefect with the boys, and Lenley quickly realizes that the boys might not reveal anything having him around, describing it as “Chas’s physical presence alone would probably be more than enough to